SECRETARIAT: The HEART of a CHAMPION

The story of SECRETARIAT is a story of a horse and the people around him who went beyond what anyone expected of him. It's the story of owner, Penny Chenery and her overcoming odds of coming into a man's world and succeding. All of those people - owner, trainer (Lucien Laurin), exercise riders (Jim Gaffney and Charlie Davis), jockey (Ron Turcotte) and groom (Eddie Sweat)) went beyond what anyone thought possible and SECRETARIAT did something that no one even considered conceivable.

The main key cast members of the "SECRETARIAT" movie discuss about their roles and characters compared to the real-life ones they are portraying; scenes are re-visited in addition to ample genuine film footage of the real SECRETARIAT.

To give accurate accounts of the SECRETARIAT true story, Penny Chenery and both of SECRETARIAT's exercise riders Jim Gaffney and Charlie Davis are on-hand to give their recollections of that magical time in 1972-1973 when SECRETARIAT ruled supreme in the horse racing world with rare archival film footage of racing and backside barn scenes of SECRETARIAT.

In addition, Seth Hancock, owner of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky - where SECRETARIAT retired after racing to stand stud also is interviewed and shows majestic footage of SECRETARIAT running free as the wind in his own paddock at Claiborne Farm and talks of what an honor and privilege it was having the greatest Thoroughbred of all time residing at their storied and legendary farm.

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